Legal Requirements

Wedding Destinations in Mauritius, Honeymoon Destinations in Mauritius

Legal requirements for your wedding in Mauritius

What paperwork we need from you

Your wedding ceremony can be held practically anywhere you wish. Before you leave your home country please send the following papers and information by fax or scanned by email to us in the UK. We need them a minimum of 8 weeks before your wedding date.

	3 copies of the first 3 pages of your passports
	3 copies of your birth certificates. International birth certificates are accepted.
	The dates when you will arrive on the island and the date you desire to get married.
	3 copies of your divorce papers in English or French if one or both of you have been divorced.
	(It should be noted that divorced women intending to marry in Mauritius within 10 months of the divorce pronouncement, will need a local doctor’s certificate of non-pregnancy.)

The Procedure

Soon after your arrival in Mauritius, we will take you to visit the main civil status office in Port Louis. After this we will go to the court where you will swear an affidavit that you are single. We will then visit the local civil status office and the wedding official who will marry you. On your wedding day, the officer will come to you and conduct the ceremony.

After the wedding, we will take the marriage certificate to the Prime Minister's office to have it validated. It will then be immediately valid when you return home.

Legal Requirements for Sri Lanka

	The couple should hold a minimum period of residency at the hotel of 4 nights prior to the date of the ceremony.
	The wedding will take place in the hotel premises and will be conducted by a Master of Ceremonies at any day between 8am - 6pm (with the exception of Sundays and Public Holidays)
	No one under 21 years of age is permitted to marry in Sri Lanka according to Government Regulations.

Documents requested (30 days prior to Arrival)

	Photocopies of Birth Certificates of the couple
	If divorced or widowed - certificates of the Divorce or Death certificate
	Photocopies of Passports
	If unmarried an affidavit certificate should be forwarded

In addition to the above documentation all originals of the above documents have to be produced to the respective hotel at least 4 days prior to the ceremony.

The marriage certificate and Ministry's approval with English translation will be delivered to the client within 14 days of the ceremony.

Legal requirements for India

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